A rapidly deepening low-pressure event that was developing over Minnesota yesterday is expected to send a powerful cold front through Michigan today. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop along and ahead of the front, according to The National Weather Service.

South to southwesterly winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts of potentially 60 mph are expected as the cold front moves through the region.

The official said the wind farm has never had to shut down due to high winds. While unlikely, the official said the blades could break off altogether, as shown in this video below:

Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District Superintendent Michael Dewey said the two wind turbines on the Bay-Arenac Career Center campus, 4155 Monitor, were shut down today for cautionary reasons.

The turbines are between 20 and 30 feet tall and is rated for 120 mile per hour winds.

"Our staff went out and shut them down to be on the safe side," said Dewey.

The wind turbine at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment's Saginaw Bay District Office, 401 Ketchum St. in Bay City, will also automatically shut itself down when wind speeds reach 50 mph.

An official at the DNRE's Saginaw Bay District Office said she couldn't recall an instance wherein wind speeds triggered the turbine's automatic deactivation.